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By Charles At. Slielion.
^'Copyrighted and published !n book l'mti.:the
Advance Publishing Oo? of Chicago..,
"vreii was in a qoinror;nrue u.riu. with i
cry good eiilury, plcks-ant sr.rrouinilugs,
not o. vary esactiu-c p.irivh of r<fined,
rich, respectable people, cr.eli
4'hurcu and parisdi Uo nearly all til-.
young men in tno seminary 111 onr tun
looked forward to us very desirable.
"Bat a year ago today Maxwell came
into his church on Sunday morning and
at the close of his service made the
astounding proposition that the mom
hers of his church volunteer for a year
not to do anything without first asking
the question. 'What would Jesus do?
and. after answering it. to do what in
their honest judgmo'nt ho would do. regardless
of what the result might be t<
them.
"The effect of this proposition us it
has been met nnd obeyed by a number
of the members of the First church of
Raymond has been so remarkable that,
cs you know, the attention of the whole
country has been directed to the movement
I call it a 'movement' because
kom the action taken today it seems
robablo that what has been tried here
* the.First church in Rnymond will
reach out into the other chnrclie3 and
cause a revolution in church methods
but more especially in u new definition
of Christian disciplcsliip.
"In the first place. Maxwell tells me l
he was astonished at the response made |
to his proposition. Some cf tho most
prominent members in theclinrch made
the promise to do ns .Testis would j
Among them were Edward Norman. I
V'the editor of Tho Daily News, which
\ las made each a sensation in the newsViper
world; Milton Wright, one of
leading merchants in Raymond:
" Alexander Powers, whose notion in the
matter of the railroads against the interstate
commerce laws made such a
stir abont a year ago; Miss Page, one
of Raymond's leading society heiresses,
who has lately dedicated her entiro fortune.
as I nnderstand. to the Christian
doily paper and the work of reform in
the slnm district known as tho Rectangle.
and Miss Winslow. whose ropn(i>n
as a Ringer is now national. I>qt
V), in obedience to what she hufflP
/)d to be Jeens' probable actiolk has
I oted her talent to volnnteer work
J ong tho girls and women who make
/ a large part of the city's worst and
*t abandoned popnlation.
i> "In addition to these well known
i jople lias bocn a gradually increasing
. /umber of Christians from the First
f hurch and lately from other churches
L/n Raymond. A largo proportion of
I/these vclnnteers who pledge themselves
7 to do as Jesus would comes from tho
Endeavor societies. Tho yonug people
ay that they have already embodied in
i AI?a(? oAoiottr nla/1 rrn f 1\a enma r>ri it/>{ nl/.
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In the words. '1 promiso him tlmt I will
strive to do whatever ho would lmC-e
rue do.' Tliis is not exactly what is included
in Maxwell's proposition, which
in that the disciples shall try to do what
Jeans wonld probably do in tho disciples'
place, bnt the result of an honest
obedience to either pledge, ho claims,
rtjl besme^y tho same, and he is
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lil not last hut a short time. I was unable to li" do-,
tlruos. I was completely filled at the tlmo I be
<cp except while under tho Influence of an opinio. I
iow ride my horsa. a tlilne I had been unable to do
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not surprised that Hi i:\rr,"-t milliners j
have joined the n- w di'jcipiot.li.;? from
tht' Kin ion vor soci.-t;
"I mi) s.nre tli-- fiv-t f;aent!ou yon will
as'.-: is. 'V.'lint has been til.' result of
this attempt, wh it bys it accomplished,
or how luis it charged in any way the
regular course of the church or the com
inunityY'
"Von already know something from
reports of Raymond that have gone over
tho conn try what the results have boon
but one needs to come hero and learn
something of the changes in individual
lives, and especially the change in the ,
church hfc. to realize ail that is meant
by this following of .Testis' steps so lit
orally To toll all that would ha to
write h long story or series of stories
! am not in a position to do that, but 1
can give you some idea perhaps of what
has happened here from what Hns been
told me by my friends and Henry Maxwell
himself
"The result of tho pledge npon tinFirst
church has been twofold?it has
brought about a spirit of Christian fellowship
which Maxwell tells me never
before existed and which now impresses
him as being very nearly what the
Christian fellowship of the apostolic
churches uinst have been, and it has i
divided the church into two distinct
groups of members. Those who have
not taken the pledge regard tho others !
as foolishly literal in their attempts to 1
imitate the example of .Tesus
"Some of them have drawn out of ,
me cuurcn ana no longer nrtcna, or i
they Imve removed their membership
entirely to other churches. Some are
an internal element of strife, and 1
beard rumors of an attempt on their
part to force Maxwell's resignation 1 j
do not know that this element is very
strong in the church It has been held !
in check by a wonderful continuance of i
spiritual power, which dates from the j
first Sunday the pledge was taken n (
year ago. and also by the fact that so '
uiany of the most prominent members
have been identified with the movement
"The effect on Henry Maxwell ie
very marked. I heard him preach at
our state association four years ago. tie
impressed me at tlio time as having
considerable power in dramatic delivery.
of which lie himself was somewhat
conscious. His sermon was well written
and abounded in what tlio sominary
students used to call 'lino passages.'
The effect of it was what tlio av< rage
congregation would call pleating. Tl?:.*
morning I heard Maxwell preach again
for the first time since then. I sir.11
speak of that further on. Tie is not the
same man. lie gives me tlio impression
p? one who has passed through a crisis
oirfsvolution. He tdRs me this revo-ai i
'tiou Is simply a new definition of Cliri? ]
tian disciple oh!p. I?o certainly hasl
changed many of his old views. His attitude
on the saloon question is radically
opp'osito to the ono ho entertained n 1
voar ago. and in his entire thought of
his ministry, his pulpit and parish
. worUl find be hps madq a complete
eliange So far as I can understand,
the idea that is nfpv'ng lritn rn now-is
Uie idea that the Christianity of o:-r
times inui.t represent a more lit ?ral i. iitation
of Jesus, and especially in the
element of suffering. He quoted to me
in the course of our conversation several
times the venc from Peter, 'For
heiennto were yo called, becaneo Christ
also suffered for you. leaving yon nn
example, that ye should follow his
6 tops. * and he seems filled with tko conviction
that what our churches need
today more than anything c!sd is this
factor of suffering for Jems in eouio
. form.
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him altogether; bnt, iny dear Caxton.
it is certainly astonishing to note the
results of this idea as they have impressed
themselves upon this city and
upon this church.
"You ask how nbout the results on
the individuals who havo made tho
pledge and honestly tried to he trno to
St. Tho,io results .aro, as I have said, a
part of individual uistoi j and cannot
be told in detail. Pome of them I can
give you. so that you may sco that this
form of discipleship is not merely centime
it or fine posing for effect.
"For instance, take the case of Alexander
Powers, who was superintendent
of the machine shops of tho L. and T.
It. R. here. V/lien lio acted upon tho
evidence that incriminated the road, he
lost his position, and. more than that.
I learn from my friends hero his family
nrd social relations havo hocomo to
changed that the family no longer appear
.ill public. They havo dropped out
of the social circle where once they
were so prominent. By tho way. Caxton.
1 understand in thin connection
that the commission, for one reason
and another, postponed action on this
r;ic? find it iv iifiw rnmnroil. fJmS tlii
L. mid T. R. R. will pans into ft receiver's
hands very soon. The president of
the road. who. according to (ho cvideneo
submitted by Powers, was the
principal offender, has resigned, and
complications which have arisen since
point to the receivership. Meanwhile
tho superintendent has gone hacl: to l::s
old work na n telegraph operator. I met
liim at tho church yesterday. IIo impressed
mo us a man who had, like
Maxwell, gone through n cri- is in character
I could not help thinning of him
as being good material for tho church
of tlu first century, when tho disciples
had nil things in common.
"O; take the case of Mr. Norinan,
editor of Tho Daily News. Ho risk.d
his entire fortune in obedieneo to what
he belli ved v.as .Tosus* probable action
and revolutionised his entire conduct
of the paper at the risk of u failure. 1
send you a copy of yesterday's paper
I want you to rend it carefully. To mj
miiul, it is one of tho most intc-restiiJu
and romnrkablo papers over printed ir
tho United States. It is open to Criticism.
but what could any mere inir
attempt in this lin%that would be fret
from criticism? Take it all in all. it i:
so far above tho ordinary conception c !
a daily paj/cr that I 11111 auiazed at th<
result Ifo tells 111c that tho paper i:
beginning to bo read l.ioro and more 1/s
tho Christian people of the city. He i:
very confident of its final success.
"Head hi* editorial on tho monej
question, also tho one on the coming
election in Raymond, when theqnestior
license will again ho nil issne. 13otl
hrtiid. a aro of tho best from this poin<
[of view. Ho says ho never begins ar
I editorial or. in fact, any part of liii
| newspaper work without first asking
I 'What wonld Jesus do'?' The result ii
; ccitainly apparent,
j "Then there is Milton Wright, tlx
1 merchant. Ho has. I am told, so rcvo
lut ionized his business tliat no man ii
'more beloved today in Raymond. Ilii
own clerKs and employees have nffec
I tion for him that is vei*y touching
Dnnng the winter, while he was lyinj
dangerously ill ut his homo, scores o
; clerks volunteered to watch or help ij
any possible way. and his return to hi
i store was greeted with marked demon
(titrations. All this lins been brongb
nnoni ny uie oieinent or personal lov<
introduced into the business. This lovi
is not mere words, hut the business it
self is carried on under a system of co
operation that is not a patronising roc
' oxnition of inferiors, but a real slmrinj
1 in tko entire busipess. Other men 01
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the street look upon Milton Wright as ;
odd It is a fact, however, that wlillo ;
he has lost heavily iu sqmo directions '
! he has increased his business and is today
respected and honored as ono of the !
best and most successful "merchants in
Raymond.
"And there is Miss Wiualow She
has chosen to give her grant talent to
the poor and wretched of the city. Her j
plans include a musical institute where
choruses and classes in vocal musio eliall _
be u foatura She is enthusiastic over
her life work. In connection with her
friend Mtes Page she nas planned a
conrse in music which, if carried out.
. will certainly do mnch to lift up the
. lives of the peojledown there. Iam
not too old. my dear Caxton. to be interested
in the romantic side of mnch
that has also been tragic hero in Ray;
moud. and I must tell yon that it is
well understood thero that Miss Wins*.
low expects to bo married this spring
to a brother of Miss Page, who was once
a society lender and clubman and who
was converted in a tent where his wife
that is to bo took an active part in the
service. I don't know all the details of
this little romance, but I can imagine
thero is a little story wrapped up in it.
! and it would bo interesting reading if
j *e only know it all.
i j "These arocnly a few illustrations of
results in individual lives owing to
i t obedience to the pledge. I meant to
I | have spoken of President Marsh of Lini
; coin college. Ho is a graduate of my
! uknn mater, and I knew him slightly
i \vlien I was in tho senior year. He has
i ! taken nn active part in the recent rau'
nicipal agitation, and hia influenco in
the city is regarded us a very large
i factor in tho coming election. Ho imi
pressed me, as did all the other disciples
: in this movement, as having fought out
some hurd questions and as having
I taken up some real burdens that have
, caused and still do cause that suffering
i , of which Henry Maxwell apoaks, a suffering
that doos not eliminate but does
appear to intensify a positive and praoi
ticul joy.
' | "Hut I am prolonging this letter.
; 1 possibly to yonr weariness. I ftrti uiii
able to avoid tho feeling of fascination
which my entire stay here has increased
i I want to tell you something of the
' meeting in tho First church today
? "As I s tid, I hoard Maxwell preach
' At his earnest request I had preached
) for him the Sunday before, and this
i v?ae thefirst time I'had hoard him since
r the association four years ago. ITis r.cri
men this morning was as different from
i his sermon tlion as if it had been
f thought out and preached by some one
; living on another planet. I wus proi
fonndly touched. I lielievo I actually
i shed tears onco. Others in tho congvot
gntion wero moved libo myself, llis
) text was: 'What is that to theeY Fol
i tow inun im\ i\un id whs a mosi un,
. usually impressivo appeal to the Chriss
liatis of Raymond to obey .Testis' teach1
ings nud follow in his steps, rognrdless
? of what others might do. I cannot give
yon even the plan of tho sermon. It
s won Id take too lorg. At the close of the
tt Berrico there was the usual after meeting
that has become a regular feature
of tho First church. Into this meeting
? liavo come all those who made the
f plodgo to do as Jtsns would do, and the
i time is spent in mutual fellowship, conis
Cession, questions us tq what Jesus
- ' would do in special cases and prayer
t that tho ono greut guido of every diso
ciple's conduct may be the Holy Spirit,
a "M swell asked me to come into this
> meeting. Nothing in all my ministerial
* life, Caxtou, has so moved me as that
- mooting. I never felt the Spirit's proe?
ence so powerfully. It was a meeting of
a j reminiscences and of tho. most loving
tftowjhip. l was irresistibly driven In ,
$ongpti back to the first years of Chrisianitj*.
jj Thero was sornotbing about all
lila rhqt vraa apostolic in its simplicity
|U'l t'bx it iuiit itiou.
"I usfccd qr.e.-tiona. One that seemed t
q nrotuiu more interest than any other
vas in regard to tlio extent of tbo j
Christian disciples' sacrifice of personal
iroperty. Ilcr.ry Maxwell tolls ino that
io far-uo 0110 has interpreted tho spirit
if Jcs'.is in fciich a way na to abandon
lis' earthly possessions, giro away all
lis wealth or in any literal way iinitatu
ho Christians of tlio order, for cxara>le,
of St. Franciaof Aeisi. It was llic
inanimhr.s consent. however, that if
my discipld rhonld feel that Jcscu in
lis own particular car.o would do that
hero could *T>o only ouo answer to the
jnestion. Maxwell frankly admitted
;hat ho wan still, to a certain degree,
uncertain es to Jesus' probable action
ivhi n it camo to tho details of honselold
living, tho possession cf wealth,
the holding of certain luxuries. It is,
lowever. evident that very many of
these disciples liavo repeatedly carried
their obedience to Jesus to tho extreme
limit, regardless of financial loss. Thero
is r o lack of courage or consistency at
this point. It is also trno flint some of
the business men who took tho pledge
Invo lost great sains of money in this
imitation pf Jesus, unci very many
liavo. like Alexander Powers, lost valuable
positions owing to tho impossibility
Df doing what they had been accustomed
to dx> and at the"same time doing
what tlicy fait Jesii3 would do in the
jfUno pmce. Tn <yn:nction with these
cases it ia pleasant to record tho fact
that many who have paltered in this
way havo at onto been helped financially
by those who still liavo moanx Tn
this respect I think it is true that these
rtboip]p!j liavo all things in common.
Certainly such scones as I witnessed at
the First church at that after service
thi.* morning I never eaw in my church
or nr y o1heiv I nevop dreamed "that
e .cb Christian fellowship could exist in
li is agoiof tho world. I ain almost in
reunions ns to the witness of uiy own
.-n. es. I still r::oxn to he asking myself
' ( '.hi i is ho clo w of tho nineteenth eon
t.;iy in America.
"llut pow, dear friend, I come to the
real cause of the )ot|;op, tho rc"l heart
of tho whole question as the First
church of Raymond has forced it upon
mo. Boforo tho meeting closed today
stops were taken to secure tho co-opcrntion
of all other Christian disciples ip
this country. I think Henry Maxwell
took this step after long deliberation,
lie said as much to me one day when 1
called upon him and we were discuss
ing tho effect of this movement npon
tho church in cennral.
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"WONDIB
FINAL DISCHARGE.
Notice is hereby given that J. C.
< avert, administrator ot' I lie estate of
ltichoid Askew, dr., deceased, lias applied
to Jason Si. Greer, Judge of Prot
ite. in and for the county of Union,
tor a tinal discharge ;rs such administrate!.
It is ordered, that'the 23rd day of Deer-mtier,
A. 1>. ISfil), be fixed for hearing
of lKtiiion, and a final settlement of
said estate.
.Tason M. Greek.
Prolwte Judge Union_couuty, S. C.
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A'ANTED, for cash, Ilickory/ Dogwool,
Persimmon and Walnut I^>gs.
Southern Hardwood Co., 1*. O. Pox
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SUMMONS FOR RELIEF.
Stale if South Carolina, 1 Court of,Com<
'oniity of Union. 1 mon Pleas. "
Olivia West, PiuiutifT.
against
Wiley Lancaster, William A. Lancase
tor, William A. Lancaster, th.
younger, Sarah J. Rogan, James BLancaster,
Kliza J. Lancaster, Nan.
cy Lancaster, Rachel West, Joel A,
L'lnoaster, Jones C. LnneasterMoaes
W. Lancaster, Sarah li. Barnot
t, George A. Lancaster, Ghrlatopher
C. Lancaster, Lettice A,
Lancaster, Cutherlne Lancaster,
Amanda S. llyutt, Iaaao M.'Lancaster,
James A. Nance, William
M, Nance, Mury~\T."Holling?worth,
Dorms lfazelwood. Louisa" Hazelwood.
Delilah S. Lancaster, ilsry
A. Haze!wood, Christina A HpzoI'
wood, Francos Hazel wood, Dora
Dunenat or. unit Om nl.ilrl?/>n
William Lancaster, deceased, whose
names nr.d 2ror* r.ro unknown,
dcfendnnta.
To the defendants above nnmrd :
You are hereby summoned at d rc iiilrtu
to answer the complaint in
his notion, of which a copy is hercvith
served upon you. and to servo a
copy of your answer to said complaint
on the subscriber ~at their1 office, ^
J.ftw liriPge, Union, SouthlpKroljnr;
within twenty days after tho geryjep
hereof, exclusive of the day of such
service; and if you fail to ansvror the
pom plaint within tho time aforesaid, * ?
the plaintiff in this aetipp'will ppply
to tho Court for the rclief7domand*4
n tho complaint,
Pale December 6th, A. I). 1809.
u Mrs no & Mukro,
Plaintiff's Attorney.
To tho defendants above named:
Tako notice that the Summons in
ihis action, ofTwhich the above is a
ony, w?.s tiled in the office of the
Clerk of Court for Union County, at
Union, in tho State of South Caroipe,
on tho 6th day of pecpmjjep,
1899. Mi n'ho & MUNRM,
49-<>f Attorneys for Plaintiff.
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